Students should able to think for themselves ________just obeying teachers.

A. in case of         B. besides             C. except              D. instead of

Jeff, you look so excited today.

-- Sure I am, I ______ a good job in a big company, you know.

A. offered           B. will offer           C. have been offered     D. was offered

Tom, can you answer my question?

-- Er, I’m very sorry, Miss Evens, I ________about something else.

A. had thought        B. was thinking        C. will think        D. have thought

Music can be very enjoyable, but _______ can be appreciated unless you like it.

A. nothing          B. something          C. everything        D. anything

请根据下面提示，写一篇短文，词数不少于50．

In your English class, you are asked to describe the following picture and explain to your classmates how you understand it．

高考在即，就怎样度过高考后的长假，《中学生英语报》在你校作了一个调研，结果如下。假如你是李华，请你用英语写一份报告，送交该报。内容应包括数据显示的结果，及就某一项数据发表你的看法。词数：不少于60．开头已经给出。

生词注释：雅思考试IELTS（International English Language Testing System）

We’ve found the simplest, most powerful steps you can take―without adding more jobs to your to-do list or expenses to your monthly budget ― to protect your heart the way nature intended．

It can be as simple as laughing at a bad situation rather than getting angry． It means going for walks after dinner, not watching game shows． It means giving an apple for dessert rather than apple pie, or spending 15 minutes sipping a cup of home-made cocoa curled up on the sofa with your family instead of watching the 11 o’clock news with a bag of chips． It’s doing a 5-minutes-a-day strength-training program while the coffee boils in the morning or taking a 3-second silent pause when the “you’ve got mail” alert sounds on your computer．

Here is the plan that lets you take them all on and win．

1． Focus on Small Changes for Big Results

Fast, simple diet can cut cholesterol（胆固醇）by 30 percent． A 5-minutes-a-day weight- training program can replace 10 years’ worth of lost muscle tissue．

2． Eat Fresh Foods

Fresh, whole foods don’t have to cost more or take more time to prepare than the packaged stuff． These wholesome, delicious foods ―fresh fruits and veggies, grains, fish, meats, dairy products, and even soy― not only taste good, they also protect your heart by greatly reducing blood fats, driving down raised blood sugar, fighting destructive free radicals．

3． Find Joy

Accumulated researches link impatience and complaints with poor heart health; in contrast, forgiveness, friends, and optimism are linked with healthier hearts． Do you have a heart-threatening personality type? Find out and learn how to live a more joyful life．

73．As is suggested in the passage, you will keep a healthy heart if you        ．

A．often dine out with friends in restaurants

B．laugh off unimportant bad happenings

C．watch late evening news eating a bag of chips

D．have packaged foods instead of wholesome foods

74．        person is more likely to have a poor heart．

A．A bad-tempered

B．A cold- hearted

C．An ill- mannered

D．A broad-minded

75．The best title should be        ．

A．Economical Ways of Keeping Fit

B．The Path to a Healthy Heart

C．Making a Difference ―Small Changes

D．Fresh Foods―Key to a Healthy Heart

The question of what children learn, and how they should learn it, is continually being debated and redebated． Nobody dares any longer to defend the old system, the parrot-fashion （way of learning by repeating what others say） of learning lessons, the grammar-with-a-whip（鞭子） system, which was good enough for our grandparents． The theories of modern psychology have stepped in to argue that we must understand the needs of our children． Children are not just small adults; they are children who must be respected as such．

Well, you may say, this is as it should be, and a good idea． But think further． What happens? “Education” becomes the responsibility not of teachers, But of psychologists． What happens then? Teachers worry too much about the psychological implications（暗示） of their lessons, and forget about the subjects themselves． If a child dislikes a lesson, the teacher feels that it is his fault, not the child’s． So teachers worry whether history is “relevant” to modern young children． And do they dare to recount stories about violent battles?　Or will this make the children themselves violent? Can they tell their classes about children of different races, or will this encourage racial hatred? Why teach children to write grammatical sentences? Oral expression is better． Sums? Arithmetic? No: real-life mathematical situations are more understandable．

You see, you can go too far, Influenced by educational theorists, who have nothing better to do than write books about their ideas, teachers leave their teaching-training colleges filled with grand, psychological ideas about children and their needs． They make complicated（复杂） preparations and try out their “modern methods” on the long-suffering children． Since one “modern method” rapidly replaces another, the poor kids will have well been fed up by the time they leave school． Frequently the modern methods are so complicated that they fail to be understood by the teachers, let alone the children; even more often, the relaxed discipline so necessary for the “informal” feeling the class must have, prevents all but a handful of children from learning anything．

68．Under the old system, children were           ．

A．made to learn passively                         B．spoiled by their parents

C．treated as adults                                   D．were forced to become parrots

69．Modern psychologists hold the view that           ．

A．children must be understood and respected

B．children are small adults and they know what they need

C．children are better off without learning lessons

D．education of children is the responsibility of psychologists

70．What happens when teachers pay too much attention to the psychological implications during a lesson?

A．They find that children dislike the lessons．

B．They tend to blame students for their failure in teaching．

C．They don’t pay enough attention to students’ actual lessons．

D．They no longer want to teach children history．

71．How do you understand the underlined sentence at the end of the passage?

A．Children will learn well in a relaxed classroom atmosphere．

B．Few children will actually learn when there is no discipline．

C．Relaxed discipline is necessary for children to develop．

D．No children will learn anything without strict discipline．

72．What is the author’s attitude toward the theories of modern psychology?

A．Uninterested．                                    B．Tolerant．

C．Satisfied．                                          D．Critical．

The easiest way for the English to deal with their social discomfort is to avoid social interaction altogether, by choosing either leisure activities that can be performed in the privacy of one’s own house, or outdoor activities that follow their interest without direct contact with anyone other than one’s own family members, such as going for a walk, or to the cinema, or shopping．

In recent survey, over half of all the leisure activities were of this private domestic type, and of the top ten pastimes, only two―having friends round for a meal or drink, and going to the pub―could be described as ‘sociable’． The most domestic activities are the most popular: watching TV, listening to the radio, reading, DIY （Do It Yourself） and gardening． Even when the English are being sociable, the survey findings show that most of them would much rather entertain a few close friends or relatives in the safety of their own homes than venture out among strangers．

In the latest rational census survey （人口普查）, over half of the entire adult male population had been DIYing in the four weeks before the census date． Nearly a third of the female population had also been busily improving their homes, and their work with their gardens was equally obvious: 52 percent of all English males and 45 percent of females had been out there, cutting branches and weeding grass．

Even among people claiming to belong to a particular religion, only two percent attend services every week． The rest of the population can be found every Sunday at their local garden center or DIY superstore． And when they want a break from caring about their own homes and gardens, they go on trips to visit bigger and better houses and gardens, such as the stately homes and gardens opened to the public by the National Trust and the Royal Horticulture Society． Visiting grand country houses always ranks as one of the most popular national pastimes．

64．The result of the survey shows that         ．

A．about half English people enjoy working in their gardens

B．8 out of 10 pastimes can be described as social activities

C．2 percent of the religious people enjoy visits to public houses

D．visiting stately homes is the most popular national pastime

65．According to the passage, the English enjoy all of the following Except        ．

A．the social activities, such as gathering with friends

B．working at home and in their gardens

C．dining out in a public place among strangers

D．visits to stately homes and gardens

66．The underlined word “domestic” probably means        ．

A．public．                                            B．household

C．outdoor                                             D．collective

67．The passage mainly tells us about      ．

A．why the English don’t like social activities

B．how the English spend their leisure time

C．what the result of a recent census survey is

D．where the English hold their private activities

Youth volunteers from Beijing University visited Songtang Hospital, a care clinic for the aged and dying patients, during the second Global Youth Service Day on April 21．

Thirty student volunteers from the university’s School of International Studies sat at the beds of the patients in their specially- decorated “care huts”． They talked with them and gave massages （按摩）to patients kept in their beds．

“I felt sorry that I could not offer more to these people than talking with them and trying to cheer them up．” said Deng Yetao, 20, a third - year student． “But it occurred to me that they need more care and love than babies． They are afraid of the coming death． Their loneliness is worse than physical pains．”

“Even though they are suffering a lot, the majority of the elderly people want to talk to us． Each of them has a lot of life experiences and philosophies to share． Instead of doing them a favor, I felt I was benefited a lot,” said Mao Xiao-hua, another third-year student．

Mao talked with two elderly patients for a whole afternoon． The fact that most of the patients in the 80 - room clinic are aged people with diseases what will lead to death soon made the volunteers’ hearts heavy．

Ninety-one percent of the patients will spend the last days of their lives in the clinic, according to a survey by the hospital． For people at this stage of their lives, loneliness is even more dreadful than death itself,” said Li Wei, president of the hospital．

Daily visits and services by social workers and youth volunteers are a very important part of their programmer． A total of 330, 000 Beijing students from 119 universities and colleges have visited the hospital． Many continue to offer services in their spare time． They showered them with kindnesses． Some of them even volunteer to hold the hands of dying patients during the last minutes of their lives．

Yin Hang, a student from Beijing Medical College, said he felt“ the glory of life” as he saw the fading smile on the face of the old man who passed into a deep unconsciousness while he was holding his hands．

60．Which of the following do the aged people feel the most terrible?

A．Loneliness．                                       B．Death．

C．Illness                                                D．Poverty．

61．What does the underlined sentence “They showered them with kindnesses” mean?

A．They talked to them with patience．

B．They gave them massages with care．

C．They helped them with showers．

D．They offered them whatever help with affection．

62．What did the volunteers gain from this activity?

A．A great encouragement．                    B．A welcome favor．

C．A valuable lesson．                            D．A good reward．

63．We can learn from the report that      ．

A．young people are fond of popular social activities

B．the Global Youth Service Day was started in China

C．ninety-one percent of the aged in China are living  in clinics

D．the volunteers show a willing heart to this kind of activity